Laura Donnelly originated the role of Caitlin in London's West End, winning the Best Actress Award at the year’s Olivier Awards for her work in the critically acclaimed production of The Ferryman. On stage, her further credits include The River at both the Royal Court and on Broadway opposite Hugh Jackman, The Wasp at The Trafalgar Studios and Philadelphia, Here I Come! directed by Lyndsey Turner at the Donmar Warehouse. On television, she is best known for her role of Jenny Fraser in the Golden Globe-nominated drama Outlander, and most recently starred as Hella in Amazon Studios’ fantasy drama production Britannia. On film, she will next be seen as Mabel Tolkien, mother to the title character, in Tolkien, the biopic of author J.R.R. Tolkien, alongside Nicholas Hoult and Lily Collins.